Can you add the tracklist and track lenghts also?
In this text in the first post of this thread 14 songs are mentioned. I got confused by the talk about now 13 on the standard which is no problem as long as the Deluxe has 16. It's difficult to keep up with this flow on Information being at work this afternoon..
But to he honest, when the 13 are mentioned on the official site, it is totally clear to me that it is their mistake, not the mistake of the retailers. We know how they work, don't we :-* and I was astonished that nobody so far doubts the Info about 13 tracks?
If somebody is able to enlighten me it would be very appreciated.
LE
"another about a musician hitchhiking in a snowstorm"
Source?
In this text in the first post of this thread 14 songs are mentioned. I got confused by the talk about now 13 on the standard which is no problem as long as the Deluxe has 16. It's difficult to keep up with this flow on Information being at work this afternoon..
But to he honest, when the 13 are mentioned on the official site, it is totally clear to me that it is their mistake, not the mistake of the retailers. We know how they work, don't we :-* and I was astonished that nobody so far doubts the Info about 13 tracks?
If somebody is able to enlighten me it would be very appreciated.
LE
"another about a musician hitchhiking in a snowstorm"
Source?
Universal
In this text in the first post of this thread 14 songs are mentioned. I got confused by the talk about now 13 on the standard which is no problem as long as the Deluxe has 16. It's difficult to keep up with this flow on Information being at work this afternoon..
But to he honest, when the 13 are mentioned on the official site, it is totally clear to me that it is their mistake, not the mistake of the retailers. We know how they work, don't we :-* and I was astonished that nobody so far doubts the Info about 13 tracks?
If somebody is able to enlighten me it would be very appreciated.
LE
The North American version is 13 tracks. Europe is 14. I don't know why they are different, but the official site is correct about the version they are offering.
Why do you have to buy the cd deluxe and lp deluxe to get everything or have I mis read it.That is not very fan friendly.
Will individual tracks be available for download.
Can you add the tracklist and track lenghts also?
Also, no other stuff then info about the album or questions about it, no qualitative feedback. Info/questions onlyCan you add the tracklist and track lenghts also?
Information updated in the first post.
Please all of you check just in case there are mistakes and correct them.
Which song is the one that is out from the US standard CD edition?
Also, no other stuff then info about the album or questions about it, no qualitative feedback. Info/questions onlyCan you add the tracklist and track lenghts also?
Information updated in the first post.
Please all of you check just in case there are mistakes and correct them.
Which song is the one that is out from the US standard CD edition?
sent from my Samsung Galaxy 9+ via tapatalk
Minor correction maybe the two bonus tracks on the Deluxe Edition are not track numbers 15 and 16 as Matchstick Man is the closing track on both editions.
But if you just see it as counting it is ok of course
LE
Minor correction maybe the two bonus tracks on the Deluxe Edition are not track numbers 15 and 16 as Matchstick Man is the closing track on both editions.
But if you just see it as counting it is ok of course
LE
Yes, I did it as counting as in the deluxe version most of the tracks change positions, this way I avoid to put again all the tracks and it's clear "what's new" in any edition, or at least I thought it would be clearer...
i mean, no "i do not like it because blabla" or "i love it because" etc...Also, no other stuff then info about the album or questions about it, no qualitative feedback. Info/questions onlyCan you add the tracklist and track lenghts also?
Information updated in the first post.
Please all of you check just in case there are mistakes and correct them.
Which song is the one that is out from the US standard CD edition?
sent from my Samsung Galaxy 9+ via tapatalk
Sorry, what?
Which song is the one that is out from the US standard CD edition?
Mark Knopfler Announces Ninth Solo Studio Album ‘Down The Road Wherever’
The follow-up to 2015’s ‘Tracker’ features many of the musicians Knopfler has worked with in recent years, and a guest appearance by Imelda May.
Published on September 19, 2018
By Paul Sexton
Mark Knopfler will return with his ninth solo studio album, Down The Road Wherever, on 16 November. The follow-up to 2015’s Tracker, it will be released on his own British Grove label via Universal/Virgin EMI and features 14 new Knopfler compositions recorded at his west London studio, also called British Grove. Contributors to the album include Irish star Imelda May.
“’Down The Road Wherever’ is a line from ‘One Song At A Time,’” says Knopfler, referring to the album title and one of its tracks. “I remember my pal Chet Atkins once saying that he picked his way out of poverty one song at a time, and it just stuck in my mind. You get to an age where you’ve written quite a few songs.
“But Down The Road Wherever seems to be appropriate for me, just because it’s what I’ve always done. I’ve always tried to make a record and also to keep my own geography happening in the songs.”
With Knopfler’s ever-present eye for compelling narratives and striking characters, the new songs cover such subjects as his early days in the south-east London area of Deptford, when Dire Straits were a fledgling band; a man out of time reflecting on his circumstances in his local “greasy spoon” café; and a stray Liverpool Football Club fan who finds himself in Newcastle (where Mark himself grew up) on ‘Just A Boy Away From Home.’ That’s the only track on which Knopfler is not the sole writer, as it features the melody of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone,’ also well-known as Liverpool FC’s own anthem.
The team that Knopfler assembled around him for the recording sessions includes many of the musicians who have been with him in the studio and on the road for years. Among them are keyboardist Guy Fletcher, who has worked with him since Dire Straits days and co-produced Down The Road Wherever with Mark; Jim Cox, also on keyboards; Nigel Hitchcock on saxophone, Tom Walsh on trumpet, John McCusker (fiddle), Mike McGoldrick (whistle and flute), Glenn Worf (bass), drummer Ian ‘Ianto’ Thomas and Danny Cummings on percussion.
There are also appearances by Richard Bennett and the widely-travelled Robbie McIntosh on guitar and Trevor Mires on trombone. Along with May, the album has backing vocals by Lance Ellington, Kris Drever, Beverley Skeete and Katie Kissoon.
Down The Road Wherever will be available on digital DL, CD, double vinyl (with one bonus track), deluxe CD with two bonus tracks, and as a lavish box set including the album on both vinyl and deluxe CD. The box will also contain a 12” vinyl EP with four bonus tracks, a 12” print of the artwork and a 12” guitar tablature of a selected song.
“I think the business of making a record, from having written a song and then bringing it to musicians, it can be quite a bendy route,” says Knopfler. “It’s not just motorways all the way…and you can end up in the occasional cul-de-sac, then you have to do a 16-point turn to try to get your truck back out on the main road, as unobtrusively as you can. That’s part of the fun of it.”
And I’ll be out of this place
And down the road wherever
There but for the grace, etcetera
I’ll see you later somewhere down the line
I’ll be picking my way out of here
One song at a time
STANDARD EDITION
1.Trapper Man
2.Back On The Dance Floor
3.Nobody’s Child
4.Just A Boy Away From Home
5.When You Leave
6.Good On You Son
7.My Bacon Roll
8.Nobody Does That
9.Drovers’ Road (apparently not in the US version or not in the standard version according MK.com)
10.One Song At A Time
11.Floating Away
12.Slow Learner
13.Heavy Up
14.Matchstick Man
BONUS TRACKS IN DELUXE CD
15.Every Heart In The Room
16.Rear View Mirror
BONUS TRACKS IN THE BOX (VINYL)
17.Don’t Suck Me In
18.Sky And Water
19.Pale Imitation
MUSICIANS
Mark Knopfler
Guy Fletcher
Jim Cox
Glenn Worf
Ian Thomas
Nigel Hitchcock
John McCusker
Mike McGoldrick
Danny Cummings
GUEST MUSICIANS
Richard Bennett
Robbie McIntosh
Trevor Mires
Tom Walsh
GUEST STARS
Imelda May
Lance Ellington
Kris Drever
Beverley Skeete
Katie Kissoon.
Mark Knopfler Announces Ninth Solo Studio Album ‘Down The Road Wherever’
The follow-up to 2015’s ‘Tracker’ features many of the musicians Knopfler has worked with in recent years, and a guest appearance by Imelda May.
Published on September 19, 2018
By Paul Sexton
Mark Knopfler will return with his ninth solo studio album, Down The Road Wherever, on 16 November. The follow-up to 2015’s Tracker, it will be released on his own British Grove label via Universal/Virgin EMI and features 14 new Knopfler compositions recorded at his west London studio, also called British Grove. Contributors to the album include Irish star Imelda May.
“’Down The Road Wherever’ is a line from ‘One Song At A Time,’” says Knopfler, referring to the album title and one of its tracks. “I remember my pal Chet Atkins once saying that he picked his way out of poverty one song at a time, and it just stuck in my mind. You get to an age where you’ve written quite a few songs.
“But Down The Road Wherever seems to be appropriate for me, just because it’s what I’ve always done. I’ve always tried to make a record and also to keep my own geography happening in the songs.”
With Knopfler’s ever-present eye for compelling narratives and striking characters, the new songs cover such subjects as his early days in the south-east London area of Deptford, when Dire Straits were a fledgling band; a man out of time reflecting on his circumstances in his local “greasy spoon” café; and a stray Liverpool Football Club fan who finds himself in Newcastle (where Mark himself grew up) on ‘Just A Boy Away From Home.’ That’s the only track on which Knopfler is not the sole writer, as it features the melody of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone,’ also well-known as Liverpool FC’s own anthem.
The team that Knopfler assembled around him for the recording sessions includes many of the musicians who have been with him in the studio and on the road for years. Among them are keyboardist Guy Fletcher, who has worked with him since Dire Straits days and co-produced Down The Road Wherever with Mark; Jim Cox, also on keyboards; Nigel Hitchcock on saxophone, Tom Walsh on trumpet, John McCusker (fiddle), Mike McGoldrick (whistle and flute), Glenn Worf (bass), drummer Ian ‘Ianto’ Thomas and Danny Cummings on percussion.
There are also appearances by Richard Bennett and the widely-travelled Robbie McIntosh on guitar and Trevor Mires on trombone. Along with May, the album has backing vocals by Lance Ellington, Kris Drever, Beverley Skeete and Katie Kissoon.
Down The Road Wherever will be available on digital DL, CD, double vinyl (with one bonus track), deluxe CD with two bonus tracks, and as a lavish box set including the album on both vinyl and deluxe CD. The box will also contain a 12” vinyl EP with four bonus tracks, a 12” print of the artwork and a 12” guitar tablature of a selected song.
“I think the business of making a record, from having written a song and then bringing it to musicians, it can be quite a bendy route,” says Knopfler. “It’s not just motorways all the way…and you can end up in the occasional cul-de-sac, then you have to do a 16-point turn to try to get your truck back out on the main road, as unobtrusively as you can. That’s part of the fun of it.”
And I’ll be out of this place
And down the road wherever
There but for the grace, etcetera
I’ll see you later somewhere down the line
I’ll be picking my way out of here
One song at a time
STANDARD EDITION
1.Trapper Man
2.Back On The Dance Floor
3.Nobody’s Child
4.Just A Boy Away From Home
5.When You Leave
6.Good On You Son
7.My Bacon Roll
8.Nobody Does That
9.Drovers’ Road (apparently not in the US version or not in the standard version according MK.com)
10.One Song At A Time
11.Floating Away
12.Slow Learner
13.Heavy Up
14.Matchstick Man
BONUS TRACKS IN DELUXE CD
15.Every Heart In The Room
16.Rear View Mirror
BONUS TRACKS IN THE BOX (VINYL)
17.Don’t Suck Me In
18.Sky And Water
19.Pale Imitation
MUSICIANS
Mark Knopfler
Guy Fletcher
Jim Cox
Glenn Worf
Ian Thomas
Nigel Hitchcock
John McCusker
Mike McGoldrick
Danny Cummings
GUEST MUSICIANS
Richard Bennett
Robbie McIntosh
Trevor Mires
Tom Walsh
GUEST STARS
Imelda May
Lance Ellington
Kris Drever
Beverley Skeete
Katie Kissoon.
:thumbsup I missed that. Thanks jbaent:)
In the text Richard is mentioned not in the core band but as a guest...
In the text Richard is mentioned not in the core band but as a guest...
In mk.com, drovers road is not listed in the standard edition, but in the virgin site it is... So being mk.com in Canada, I guess the NA version don't have that song but the European, or the UK one does...
I know it's confusing. That's why I put the remark.
P.S. hi-rez images also available there http://sacksco.com/photo/hi/mark_knopfler.jpg & http://sacksco.com/photo/hi/mark_knopfler_cover.jpg
"VIA BLUE NOTE"
"VIA BLUE NOTE"
That's interesting. Blue Note is generally a jazz label.
The Deluxe Boxed version includes bonus tracks only on a vinyl album? Four songs. I thought about the CD. If four, the CD Deluxe version gives us 15 tracks. I do not understand something :think
The Deluxe Boxed version includes bonus tracks only on a vinyl album? Four songs. I thought about the CD. If four, the CD Deluxe version gives us 15 tracks. I do not understand something :think
I get the point of adapting a product to various markets, but an album? As if an album would sell better in for instance the US by replacing one song at the end. Really?It is not first time. Do not forget (for example) Sailing to Philadelphia, there were 3 versions: worldwide, UK & US editions with different track lists.
I get the point of adapting a product to various markets, but an album? As if an album would sell better in for instance the US by replacing one song at the end. Really?It is not first time. Do not forget (for example) Sailing to Philadelphia, there were 3 versions: worldwide, UK & US editions with different track lists.
does not make it any smarter. who is to decide that this one song does not catert to this and that market?I get the point of adapting a product to various markets, but an album? As if an album would sell better in for instance the US by replacing one song at the end. Really?It is not first time. Do not forget (for example) Sailing to Philadelphia, there were 3 versions: worldwide, UK & US editions with different track lists.
Yeah, I know. It's very strange.
does not make it any smarter. who is to decide that this one song does not catert to this and that market?I get the point of adapting a product to various markets, but an album? As if an album would sell better in for instance the US by replacing one song at the end. Really?It is not first time. Do not forget (for example) Sailing to Philadelphia, there were 3 versions: worldwide, UK & US editions with different track lists.
Yeah, I know. It's very strange.
What is 3rd version of the STP than. I know the US version got Do America (which was also released as bonustrack on the Silvertown single) instead of One More MatineeI get the point of adapting a product to various markets, but an album? As if an album would sell better in for instance the US by replacing one song at the end. Really?It is not first time. Do not forget (for example) Sailing to Philadelphia, there were 3 versions: worldwide, UK & US editions with different track lists.
What is 3rd version of the STP than. I know the US version got Do America (which was also released as bonustrack on the Silvertown single) instead of One More MatineeI get the point of adapting a product to various markets, but an album? As if an album would sell better in for instance the US by replacing one song at the end. Really?It is not first time. Do not forget (for example) Sailing to Philadelphia, there were 3 versions: worldwide, UK & US editions with different track lists.
If the Deluxe version has 16 songs, why iDrover's Road repeating in the bonus album? It worries me that this bonus is only in the vinyl version.
If the Deluxe version has 16 songs, why iDrover's Road repeating in the bonus album? It worries me that this bonus is only in the vinyl version.
because it didn't fit in the 2lp standard vinyl and they put it as a bonus track in the extra vinyl.
If the Deluxe version has 16 songs, why iDrover's Road repeating in the bonus album? It worries me that this bonus is only in the vinyl version.
because it didn't fit in the 2lp standard vinyl and they put it as a bonus track in the extra vinyl.
I understand. But why the bonus tracks do not give the CD as before
What is 3rd version of the STP than. I know the US version got Do America (which was also released as bonustrack on the Silvertown single) instead of One More MatineeI get the point of adapting a product to various markets, but an album? As if an album would sell better in for instance the US by replacing one song at the end. Really?It is not first time. Do not forget (for example) Sailing to Philadelphia, there were 3 versions: worldwide, UK & US editions with different track lists.
US version had "Do AMerica" and didn't had "One more matinee"
European version had "One more matinee" and didn´t had "Do America"
UK version had both "Do America" and "One more matinee"
I add the lenghts of the songs, except the three ones of the lp deluxe box.
Thanks jbaent for asking GF about Tommy Emmanuel. He is not on the new album.
And GONE are the whistles and flutes! Two songs I can handle!Yes. This is by far the most interesting info on this list.
7 songs with Trumpet is a lot, and 1 with only MK (like Heart of Oak?)
Nigel Hitchcock plays sax on Good on you son, he isn't on the credits here, also missing on the youtube video credits.
Just listened to GOYS a few times more and I've come to the conclusion that it is, indeed, a trumpet! Could have sworn it was a sax, though! ;D
Just listened to GOYS a few times more and I've come to the conclusion that it is, indeed, a trumpet! Could have sworn it was a sax, though! ;D
Nigel posted on FB that he played Tenor sax on Good on you son
Just listened to GOYS a few times more and I've come to the conclusion that it is, indeed, a trumpet! Could have sworn it was a sax, though! ;D
Nigel posted on FB that he played Tenor sax on Good on you son
Oh thanks! :)
I accidentally landed on a music site called Qobuz.com, where you can click on each track of the album and obtain the complete credits (!!) of it.
https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/down-the-road-wherever-mark-knopfler/r6j0qic5ph74b
I've patiently compiled all the info. Enjoy!
1 Trapper Man
Ian Thomas, Drums
Beverley Skeete, Background Vocalist
Nigel Hitchcock, Tenor Saxophone
Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar
Mark Knopfler, Guitar, Vocals
Jim Cox, Piano
Katie Kissoon, Background Vocalist
Tom Walsh, Trumpet
Trevor Mires, Trombone
Danny Cummings, Percussion
Guy Fletcher, Synthesizer
2 Back On The Dance Floor
Ian Thomas, Drums
Imelda May, Background Vocalist
Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar
Mark Knopfler, Guitar, Vocals
Jim Cox, Organ
Danny Cummings, Percussion, Background Vocalist
Guy Fletcher, Synthesizer
3 Nobody’s Child
Ian Thomas, Drums
Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar
Mark Knopfler, Guitar, Vocals
Jim Cox, Organ
Danny Cummings, Percussion
Guy Fletcher, Synthesizer
4 Just A Boy Away From Home
Ian Thomas, Drums
Robbie McIntosh, Guitar
Nigel Hitchcock, Tenor Saxophone
Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar
Mark Knopfler, Guitar, Vocals
Jim Cox, Organ
Tom Walsh, Trumpet
Danny Cummings, Percussion
5 When You Leave
Richard Bennett, Guitar
Ian Thomas, Drums
Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar
Mark Knopfler, Guitar, Vocals
Jim Cox, Piano
Danny Cummings, Percussion
Guy Fletcher, Vibraphone, Recording Engineer
6 Good On You Son
Ian Thomas, Drums
Lance Ellington, Background Vocalist
Beverley Skeete, Background Vocalist
Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar
Mark Knopfler, Guitar, Vocals
Jim Cox, Organ, Piano
Katie Kissoon, Background Vocalist
Tom Walsh, Trumpet
Danny Cummings, Percussion
Guy Fletcher, Synthesizer, Background Vocalist
7 My Bacon Roll
Richard Bennett, Guitar
Ian Thomas, Drums
Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar
Mark Knopfler, Guitar, Vocals
Jim Cox, Organ, Piano
Danny Cummings, Percussion
Guy Fletcher, Synthesizer
Kris Drever, Background Vocalist
8 Nobody Does That
Richard Bennett, Guitar
Ian Thomas, Drums
Lance Ellington, Background Vocalist
Beverley Skeete, Background Vocalist
Nigel Hitchcock, Tenor Saxophone
Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar
Mark Knopfler, Guitar, Vocals
Jim Cox, Synthesizer
Katie Kissoon, Background Vocalist
Tom Walsh, Trumpet
Danny Cummings, Percussion
Guy Fletcher, Keyboards, Recording Engineer
9 Drovers’ Road
Richard Bennett, Guitar
Ian Thomas, Drums
Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar
Mark Knopfler, Guitar, Vocals
Jim Cox, Piano
Danny Cummings, Percussion
Guy Fletcher, Synthesizer
John McCusker, Fiddle
Kris Drever, Background Vocalist
Mike McGoldrick, Whistle
10 One Song At A Time
Richard Bennett, Guitar
Ian Thomas, Drums
Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar
Mark Knopfler, Guitar, Vocals
Jim Cox, Organ
Danny Cummings, Percussion, Background Vocalist
Guy Fletcher, Synthesizer
John McCusker, Fiddle
Mike McGoldrick, Whistle
11 Floating Away
Richard Bennett, Guitar
Ian Thomas, Drums
Imelda May, Background Vocalist
Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar
Mark Knopfler, Guitar, Vocals
Jim Cox, Piano
Danny Cummings, Percussion
Guy Fletcher, Synthesizer
12 Slow Learner
Ian Thomas, Drums
Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar
Mark Knopfler, Guitar, Vocals
Jim Cox, Piano
Tom Walsh, Trumpet
Danny Cummings, Percussion
13 Heavy Up
Richard Bennett, Guitar
Ian Thomas, Drums
Lance Ellington, Background Vocalist
Beverley Skeete, Background Vocalist
Nigel Hitchcock, Tenor Saxophone
Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar
Mark Knopfler, Guitar, Vocals
Jim Cox, Piano, Synthesizer
Katie Kissoon, Background Vocalist
Tom Walsh, Trumpet
Trevor Mires, Trombone
Danny Cummings, Percussion
Guy Fletcher, Organ, Recording Engineer
14 Every Heart In The Room
Ian Thomas, Drums
Robbie McIntosh, Guitar
Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar
Mark Knopfler, Guitar, Vocals
Jim Cox, Piano
Danny Cummings, Percussion
Guy Fletcher, Synthesizer
Kris Drever, Background Vocalist
15 Rear View Mirror
Ian Thomas, Drums
Nigel Hitchcock, Tenor Saxophone
Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar
Mark Knopfler, Guitar, Vocals
Jim Cox, Organ
Tom Walsh, Trumpet
Danny Cummings, Percussion
16 Matchstick Man
Mark Knopfler, Guitar, Vocals
:thumbsupI accidentally landed on a music site called Qobuz.com, where you can click on each track of the album and obtain the complete credits (!!) of it.
https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/down-the-road-wherever-mark-knopfler/r6j0qic5ph74b
I've patiently compiled all the info. Enjoy!
1 Trapper Man
Ian Thomas, Drums
Beverley Skeete, Background Vocalist
Nigel Hitchcock, Tenor Saxophone
Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar
Mark Knopfler, Guitar, Vocals
Jim Cox, Piano
Katie Kissoon, Background Vocalist
Tom Walsh, Trumpet
Trevor Mires, Trombone
Danny Cummings, Percussion
Guy Fletcher, Synthesizer
2 Back On The Dance Floor
Ian Thomas, Drums
Imelda May, Background Vocalist
Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar
Mark Knopfler, Guitar, Vocals
Jim Cox, Organ
Danny Cummings, Percussion, Background Vocalist
Guy Fletcher, Synthesizer
3 Nobody’s Child
Ian Thomas, Drums
Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar
Mark Knopfler, Guitar, Vocals
Jim Cox, Organ
Danny Cummings, Percussion
Guy Fletcher, Synthesizer
4 Just A Boy Away From Home
Ian Thomas, Drums
Robbie McIntosh, Guitar
Nigel Hitchcock, Tenor Saxophone
Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar
Mark Knopfler, Guitar, Vocals
Jim Cox, Organ
Tom Walsh, Trumpet
Danny Cummings, Percussion
5 When You Leave
Richard Bennett, Guitar
Ian Thomas, Drums
Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar
Mark Knopfler, Guitar, Vocals
Jim Cox, Piano
Danny Cummings, Percussion
Guy Fletcher, Vibraphone, Recording Engineer
6 Good On You Son
Ian Thomas, Drums
Lance Ellington, Background Vocalist
Beverley Skeete, Background Vocalist
Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar
Mark Knopfler, Guitar, Vocals
Jim Cox, Organ, Piano
Katie Kissoon, Background Vocalist
Tom Walsh, Trumpet
Danny Cummings, Percussion
Guy Fletcher, Synthesizer, Background Vocalist
7 My Bacon Roll
Richard Bennett, Guitar
Ian Thomas, Drums
Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar
Mark Knopfler, Guitar, Vocals
Jim Cox, Organ, Piano
Danny Cummings, Percussion
Guy Fletcher, Synthesizer
Kris Drever, Background Vocalist
8 Nobody Does That
Richard Bennett, Guitar
Ian Thomas, Drums
Lance Ellington, Background Vocalist
Beverley Skeete, Background Vocalist
Nigel Hitchcock, Tenor Saxophone
Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar
Mark Knopfler, Guitar, Vocals
Jim Cox, Synthesizer
Katie Kissoon, Background Vocalist
Tom Walsh, Trumpet
Danny Cummings, Percussion
Guy Fletcher, Keyboards, Recording Engineer
9 Drovers’ Road
Richard Bennett, Guitar
Ian Thomas, Drums
Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar
Mark Knopfler, Guitar, Vocals
Jim Cox, Piano
Danny Cummings, Percussion
Guy Fletcher, Synthesizer
John McCusker, Fiddle
Kris Drever, Background Vocalist
Mike McGoldrick, Whistle
10 One Song At A Time
Richard Bennett, Guitar
Ian Thomas, Drums
Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar
Mark Knopfler, Guitar, Vocals
Jim Cox, Organ
Danny Cummings, Percussion, Background Vocalist
Guy Fletcher, Synthesizer
John McCusker, Fiddle
Mike McGoldrick, Whistle
11 Floating Away
Richard Bennett, Guitar
Ian Thomas, Drums
Imelda May, Background Vocalist
Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar
Mark Knopfler, Guitar, Vocals
Jim Cox, Piano
Danny Cummings, Percussion
Guy Fletcher, Synthesizer
12 Slow Learner
Ian Thomas, Drums
Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar
Mark Knopfler, Guitar, Vocals
Jim Cox, Piano
Tom Walsh, Trumpet
Danny Cummings, Percussion
13 Heavy Up
Richard Bennett, Guitar
Ian Thomas, Drums
Lance Ellington, Background Vocalist
Beverley Skeete, Background Vocalist
Nigel Hitchcock, Tenor Saxophone
Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar
Mark Knopfler, Guitar, Vocals
Jim Cox, Piano, Synthesizer
Katie Kissoon, Background Vocalist
Tom Walsh, Trumpet
Trevor Mires, Trombone
Danny Cummings, Percussion
Guy Fletcher, Organ, Recording Engineer
14 Every Heart In The Room
Ian Thomas, Drums
Robbie McIntosh, Guitar
Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar
Mark Knopfler, Guitar, Vocals
Jim Cox, Piano
Danny Cummings, Percussion
Guy Fletcher, Synthesizer
Kris Drever, Background Vocalist
15 Rear View Mirror
Ian Thomas, Drums
Nigel Hitchcock, Tenor Saxophone
Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar
Mark Knopfler, Guitar, Vocals
Jim Cox, Organ
Tom Walsh, Trumpet
Danny Cummings, Percussion
16 Matchstick Man
Mark Knopfler, Guitar, Vocals
It's so great to read your posts Pampli !
Great find.
Maybe it will be more like Sailing To Philadelphia because it is instrumentally very rich.
Maybe it will be more like Sailing To Philadelphia because it is instrumentally very rich.
That would be awesome, I have the same feeling.
I accidentally landed on a music site called Qobuz.com, where you can click on each track of the album and obtain the complete credits (!!) of it.
https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/down-the-road-wherever-mark-knopfler/r6j0qic5ph74b
I've patiently compiled all the info. Enjoy!
( )
Just listened to GOYS a few times more and I've come to the conclusion that it is, indeed, a trumpet! Could have sworn it was a sax, though! ;D
Nigel posted on FB that he played Tenor sax on Good on you son
Just listened to GOYS a few times more and I've come to the conclusion that it is, indeed, a trumpet! Could have sworn it was a sax, though! ;D
Nigel posted on FB that he played Tenor sax on Good on you son
Guy says it was a misprint - it is Nigel on sax! :smack :)
Just listened to GOYS a few times more and I've come to the conclusion that it is, indeed, a trumpet! Could have sworn it was a sax, though! ;D
Nigel posted on FB that he played Tenor sax on Good on you son
Guy says it was a misprint - it is Nigel on sax! :smack :)
Maybe they 'forgot' to credit John and Mike by most of the tracks too :lol
Just listened to GOYS a few times more and I've come to the conclusion that it is, indeed, a trumpet! Could have sworn it was a sax, though! ;D
Nigel posted on FB that he played Tenor sax on Good on you son
Guy says it was a misprint - it is Nigel on sax! :smack :)
Just listened to GOYS a few times more and I've come to the conclusion that it is, indeed, a trumpet! Could have sworn it was a sax, though! ;D
Nigel posted on FB that he played Tenor sax on Good on you son
Guy says it was a misprint - it is Nigel on sax! :smack :)
We've spent a lot of hot air on this before getting the answer!
A lot of brass and Guy credited on synths rather than keyboards too. Perhaps GOYS is indeed a good sample of the album.
MK alone on Matchstick Man
Like River of Grog
That will be a nice ending song. It could be a nice break in the concerts !
MK alone on Matchstick Man
Like River of Grog
That will be a nice ending song. It could be a nice break in the concerts !
I thought about the same. Acoustic album ending?
MK alone on Matchstick Man
Like River of Grog
That will be a nice ending song. It could be a nice break in the concerts !
I thought about the same. Acoustic album ending?
Honestly I can't see Mark doing something solo on tour, maybe with the Other Keyboard Player™, maybe with Richard, but alone? This is very unlikely.
Just listened to GOYS a few times more and I've come to the conclusion that it is, indeed, a trumpet! Could have sworn it was a sax, though! ;D
Nigel posted on FB that he played Tenor sax on Good on you son
Guy says it was a misprint - it is Nigel on sax! :smack :)
We've spent a lot of hot air on this before getting the answer!
A lot of brass and Guy credited on synths rather than keyboards too. Perhaps GOYS is indeed a good sample of the album.
Yes, my guess was always that the single has been chosen very carefully because of this...
A lot of brass and Guy credited on synths rather than keyboards too. Perhaps GOYS is indeed a good sample of the album.
Yes, my guess was always that the single has been chosen very carefully because of this...
Was Beryl a sample for Tracker? Not sure, will see
A lot of brass and Guy credited on synths rather than keyboards too. Perhaps GOYS is indeed a good sample of the album.
Yes, my guess was always that the single has been chosen very carefully because of this...
Was Beryl a sample for Tracker? Not sure, will see
Exactly, and that's my point. The singles usually aren't good samples of the album, however looking at the credits and the fact that Guy and mk.com state the album has somewhat of a direction change I am thinking that perhaps this time it is different.
...... I think that Back on the dance floor will one of the best song of the album...sure will see
What does "PRE-release" mean together with this date?
LE
What does "PRE-release" mean together with this date?
LE
Maybe Apple music have an exclusive?
UPDATE: Apple Music has changed the date to November, 16 :lol
Longtime fans of this giant among singer-songwriter guitar heroes will note some palpable changes of mood on Down The Road Wherever, which stays true to the folk and roots-inflected ambience of his solo oeuvre but introduces new elements of jazz, funk and even a hint of the rockier leanings of earlier days.
“It will be different because whether you want to or not, you develop,” says Knopfler. “That’s just what happens. Sometimes the songs will tell you after you’re done, what it is you’ve been doing wrong, or where you’ve been going. So that’s a never-ending source of amusement. You can even find out from doing them what they’re about, or what you’ve been thinking about, perhaps.”
I just wanted to remind this part as a comment to what JF wrote
I do not know what you mean. It's promotional material from ustas. Wake up:)
I don't know if I had to post here or in the "new album" thread :think
on FB, a french guy shared in a DS/MK dedicated group that he had the chance to listen to the full album once (because he's journalist and had a listiening link, avalaible for 3 days only)
I try to translate his thoughts on the album in general. forgive me for my bad enlish translation.
- "suprising sonorities" less folkish, less irish
- more rhythm, more "driven"
- brass sounds, female backgorund vocals
- first 2 songs immediately caught him, far more than all Tracker songs
- lot of potential for live gigs
someone asked him if there were guitar-oriented songs, and he answered : yes some cool parts
I don't know him personnally, so I don't know exactly what to think about this thougts, and he said that he listened to it only once, so...
but I think that we can bet for sure that this album is different from Tracker..
Thanks for finding and posting all this background info, guys! So interesting.
And now that journalists already got a link, it can only be a matter of days until the whole thing leaks somewhere ... :o
Thanks for finding and posting all this background info, guys! So interesting.
And now that journalists already got a link, it can only be a matter of days until the whole thing leaks somewhere ... :o
I don't think any journalist got any link, I think that person is lying...
Why? Because I have a friend who has access to that links because of his work and MK record hasn't appeared yet. Only the single and it lasted three days.
So maybe that person just listened to the single and generalized that sound to all the record, or that person is lying.
Thanks for finding and posting all this background info, guys! So interesting.
And now that journalists already got a link, it can only be a matter of days until the whole thing leaks somewhere ... :o
I don't think any journalist got any link, I think that person is lying...
Why? Because I have a friend who has access to that links because of his work and MK record hasn't appeared yet. Only the single and it lasted three days.
So maybe that person just listened to the single and generalized that sound to all the record, or that person is lying.
I don't think anybody lied. Actually, I just found the first download links online. Illegal, of course, and I'm not yet sure whether any of them will work, but the album's definitely leaked. As it would, inevitably. I'll try and find a working link when I have the time, and it listen to it later this week (when I have even more time :D). Oh, and yes, of course I'll also BUY it as soon as that's possible.
Haha, no, I
Thanks for finding and posting all this background info, guys! So interesting.
And now that journalists already got a link, it can only be a matter of days until the whole thing leaks somewhere ... :o
I don't think any journalist got any link, I think that person is lying...
Why? Because I have a friend who has access to that links because of his work and MK record hasn't appeared yet. Only the single and it lasted three days.
So maybe that person just listened to the single and generalized that sound to all the record, or that person is lying.
I don't think anybody lied. Actually, I just found the first download links online. Illegal, of course, and I'm not yet sure whether any of them will work, but the album's definitely leaked. As it would, inevitably. I'll try and find a working link when I have the time, and it listen to it later this week (when I have even more time :D). Oh, and yes, of course I'll also BUY it as soon as that's possible.
Haha, no, I
I also found many illegal download links when Tracker, 99% fake, many of them you had the give a credit card, beware...
Record companies changed the system, they don't send cd's anymore, they have an internal website where they put the releases and you have to be credited to listen to that music they put in their site. Those songs have a watermark that points to your user so if there is a leak, they have a guilty.
When Tracker came out in that website my friend tried to capture it to me, and due to the watermark was impossible as the sound went up and down and noisy. That system really works and avoid the leaks.
Thanks for finding and posting all this background info, guys! So interesting.
And now that journalists already got a link, it can only be a matter of days until the whole thing leaks somewhere ... :o
I don't think any journalist got any link, I think that person is lying...
Why? Because I have a friend who has access to that links because of his work and MK record hasn't appeared yet. Only the single and it lasted three days.
So maybe that person just listened to the single and generalized that sound to all the record, or that person is lying.
I don't think anybody lied. Actually, I just found the first download links online. Illegal, of course, and I'm not yet sure whether any of them will work, but the album's definitely leaked. As it would, inevitably. I'll try and find a working link when I have the time, and it listen to it later this week (when I have even more time :D). Oh, and yes, of course I'll also BUY it as soon as that's possible.
Haha, no, I
I also found many illegal download links when Tracker, 99% fake, many of them you had the give a credit card, beware...
Record companies changed the system, they don't send cd's anymore, they have an internal website where they put the releases and you have to be credited to listen to that music they put in their site. Those songs have a watermark that points to your user so if there is a leak, they have a guilty.
When Tracker came out in that website my friend tried to capture it to me, and due to the watermark was impossible as the sound went up and down and noisy. That system really works and avoid the leaks.
Interesting ... we'll see. One of the links I found so far was working – I could download the album - but it comes with a password, and to get that, you'd have to submit a working email address. Which of course I won't. But it shows that the album's out. All previous albums leaked long before the actual release date, so I suppose we'll have this one pretty soon, too.
If the album is REALLY leaked, you will see that it's leaked here:
https://hasitleaked.com/?s=knopfler++down+the+road+wherever
I used this site for several releases and it's always right when they say something has leaked.
If the album is REALLY leaked, you will see that it's leaked here:
https://hasitleaked.com/?s=knopfler++down+the+road+wherever
I used this site for several releases and it's always right when they say something has leaked.
Yeah, I know that site. I was able to download a zip file containing 16 correctly-named songs, as it seems. But they are password-protected. I tend to believe they the really ARE the songs, though, which is why I expect a non-protected download soon. Once some people have the files, it's hard to control them.
If the album is REALLY leaked, you will see that it's leaked here:
https://hasitleaked.com/?s=knopfler++down+the+road+wherever
I used this site for several releases and it's always right when they say something has leaked.
Yeah, I know that site. I was able to download a zip file containing 16 correctly-named songs, as it seems. But they are password-protected. I tend to believe they the really ARE the songs, though, which is why I expect a non-protected download soon. Once some people have the files, it's hard to control them.
If the album is REALLY leaked, you will see that it's leaked here:
https://hasitleaked.com/?s=knopfler++down+the+road+wherever
I used this site for several releases and it's always right when they say something has leaked.
Yeah, I know that site. I was able to download a zip file containing 16 correctly-named songs, as it seems. But they are password-protected. I tend to believe they the really ARE the songs, though, which is why I expect a non-protected download soon. Once some people have the files, it's hard to control them.
Virus alert, watch out...
If the album is REALLY leaked, you will see that it's leaked here:
https://hasitleaked.com/?s=knopfler++down+the+road+wherever
I used this site for several releases and it's always right when they say something has leaked.
Yeah, I know that site. I was able to download a zip file containing 16 correctly-named songs, as it seems. But they are password-protected. I tend to believe they the really ARE the songs, though, which is why I expect a non-protected download soon. Once some people have the files, it's hard to control them.
Virus alert, watch out...
That's another of the risks of those fake downloads...
Tell me when you have found it ;)If the album is REALLY leaked, you will see that it's leaked here:
https://hasitleaked.com/?s=knopfler++down+the+road+wherever
I used this site for several releases and it's always right when they say something has leaked.
Yeah, I know that site. I was able to download a zip file containing 16 correctly-named songs, as it seems. But they are password-protected. I tend to believe they the really ARE the songs, though, which is why I expect a non-protected download soon. Once some people have the files, it's hard to control them.
Virus alert, watch out...
That's another of the risks of those fake downloads...
I know, but I think I know when to be alerted by now, and when to stop. I've download several albums from rather dodgy-looking sites in the past because I didn't want to wait for the official release date, and never caught any viruses. I'd never give away real email addresses, though, let alone credit-card details. And I'm not really interested in "stealing" something. I'm happy to pay for whatever music I listen to, and I will. Mark, in particular, got quite a bit of money from me over the years ;). But I just want to hear his new album as soon as I can, no matter how.
100% agree, same philosophy here.If the album is REALLY leaked, you will see that it's leaked here:
https://hasitleaked.com/?s=knopfler++down+the+road+wherever
I used this site for several releases and it's always right when they say something has leaked.
Yeah, I know that site. I was able to download a zip file containing 16 correctly-named songs, as it seems. But they are password-protected. I tend to believe they the really ARE the songs, though, which is why I expect a non-protected download soon. Once some people have the files, it's hard to control them.
Virus alert, watch out...
That's another of the risks of those fake downloads...
I know, but I think I know when to be alerted by now, and when to stop. I've download several albums from rather dodgy-looking sites in the past because I didn't want to wait for the official release date, and never caught any viruses. I'd never give away real email addresses, though, let alone credit-card details. And I'm not really interested in "stealing" something. I'm happy to pay for whatever music I listen to, and I will. Mark, in particular, got quite a bit of money from me over the years ;). But I just want to hear his new album as soon as I can, no matter how.
Can you please post a link to the mentioned MK dedicated FB group? I did not know about it :think
Can you please post a link to the mentioned MK dedicated FB group? I did not know about it :think
it's a closed french group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/direstraitsandmk/
@Jbaent I don't know the guy pesonnally, but I don't think he lies
I am not a journalist but via my work I emailed this morning at mercury, and they replied that I will have a link soon
of course you'll understand that I won't leak it here, but I hope I wil be able to listen to the album very soon (ok you can call Guy flectcehr now ;D :lol)
Can you please post a link to the mentioned MK dedicated FB group? I did not know about it :think
it's a closed french group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/direstraitsandmk/
@Jbaent I don't know the guy pesonnally, but I don't think he lies
I am not a journalist but via my work I emailed this morning at mercury, and they replied that I will have a link soon
of course you'll understand that I won't leak it here, but I hope I wil be able to listen to the album very soon (ok you can call Guy flectcehr now ;D :lol)
Why should I do something so idiotic?
I have the album. I will listen to it this evening and will report later.... :P 8)
Maybe this was answered here before, but does anyone know why the song order is TOTALLY different on the vinyl albums? Very strange. I don't think that's ever been the case in the past, and I can't see any reason for it. :think
I have the album. I will listen to it this evening and will report later.... :P 8)Enviable
I have the album. I will listen to it this evening and will report later.... :P 8)
I have the album. I will listen to it this evening and will report later.... :P 8)
Yes I am totally seriou
I am listening to it right now and ....wooww 8) :o
and it does sound very very very damn good !
many people ask me to send the album
I'm sorry but I can't.
it's a professionnal link I got from my job, and I don't want to have any problem, I m sure you all will understand
many people ask me to send the album
I'm sorry but I can't.
it's a professionnal link I got from my job, and I don't want to have any problem, I m sure you all will understand
Of course you're right. tell us more about the album, style, musicality, sonicly, lyrics... anything :P
many people ask me to send the album
I'm sorry but I can't.
it's a professionnal link I got from my job, and I don't want to have any problem, I m sure you all will understand
Of course you're right. tell us more about the album, style, musicality, sonicly, lyrics... anything :P
yes later this evening. I just finished to listen
Wil try to write something tonight
many people ask me to send the album
I'm sorry but I can't.
it's a professionnal link I got from my job, and I don't want to have any problem, I m sure you all will understand
Of course you're right. tell us more about the album, style, musicality, sonicly, lyrics... anything :P
yes later this evening. I just finished to listen
Wil try to write something tonight
If you do so, may I suggest to maybe open a new thread ("First Impressions"or whatever) and PLEASE use a heavy SPOILER as I am not sure if everybody really wants to know such Details already ... very appreciated if you do the hard work for us though.
LE
I love the way you analyze Mark's music ever since and find a lot similiarties with my own views vetd often and therefore I am looking forward to your first thoughts very much. Isn't it great to have this seven weeks before release ...
LE
Do not think so. Too unimportant to lie aboutThanks for finding and posting all this background info, guys! So interesting.
And now that journalists already got a link, it can only be a matter of days until the whole thing leaks somewhere ... :o
I don't think any journalist got any link, I think that person is lying...
Why? Because I have a friend who has access to that links because of his work and MK record hasn't appeared yet. Only the single and it lasted three days.
So maybe that person just listened to the single and generalized that sound to all the record, or that person is lying.
Maybe this was answered here before, but does anyone know why the song order is TOTALLY different on the vinyl albums? Very strange. I don't think that's ever been the case in the past, and I can't see any reason for it. :think
One reason might be that the running order on a CD doesn't matter, technically - but on a LP it does very much.
As the needle gets closer to the center of the record the sampling speed is slowly being reduced and that has an influence on the sound quality.
Songs with a high dynamic range thus should be placed at the beginning of the groove. In the past the running order of many records was not only determined by the limited time per side but also because of this.
I guess this topic is rather being neglected by producers nowadays - but MK and GF seem to be quite audiophile.
MK has already started the interviews to promote his new record. Spanish journalist Paula Baena, from Efe Noticias post a tweet yesterday interviewing MK in London
https://twitter.com/Paulabaena26/status/1046773714996645888
MK has already started the interviews to promote his new record. Spanish journalist Paula Baena, from Efe Noticias post a tweet yesterday interviewing MK in London
https://twitter.com/Paulabaena26/status/1046773714996645888
Yes. I saw this photo yesterday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odohR3pG_6c
http://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cultura/musica/2018/10/02/mark-knopfler-al-festival-imaginaction_d6049297-2224-4e1b-9896-0d6b6413fbf2.html
I used the only one with a smile
https://www.facebook.com/TextBlogRNRoll/photos/a.466076817226091/474439946389778/?type=3&theater
Ken Bruce has just announced that Mark will be playing a live session in the Radio 2 Piano Room later this month. Looking forward to hearing that. I should imagine he’ll be playing some stripped down arrangements of the songs.
Ken Bruce has just announced that Mark will be playing a live session in the Radio 2 Piano Room later this month. Looking forward to hearing that. I should imagine he’ll be playing some stripped down arrangements of the songs.
This one :)
Folks - forgive me, if it had been discussed before. I was wondering what box/set/whatever contains all 20 (?) released songs. Is it this:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Down-Road-Wherever-VINYL-Knopfler/dp/B07GVXDZHS/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1538851031&sr=1-2&keywords=mark+knopfler+Down+The+Road+Wherever (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Down-Road-Wherever-VINYL-Knopfler/dp/B07GVXDZHS/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1538851031&sr=1-2&keywords=mark+knopfler+Down+The+Road+Wherever)
This one should contain 1 CD, 2 LPs, 1 Single 12".
Thanks for your input. :wave
Mark Knopfler
ttt - Titel, Thesen, Temperamente
So., 18.11., 23:05 Uhr, ARD
Mark Knopfler
ttt - Titel, Thesen, Temperamente
So., 18.11., 23:05 Uhr, ARD
Sorry, what?
MK News now states in the lyrics section that Drover's Road is on the deluxe cd and deluxe LP box only.
MK.com has it as nr.20 bonus song now.
So 20 songs indeed (13 on the regular album, 3 bonus on the deluxe album and 3 extra bonus songs in the box set) and still no sign how to get Back in the Day.
MK News now states in the lyrics section that Drover's Road is on the deluxe cd and deluxe LP box only.
MK.com has it as nr.20 bonus song now.
So 20 songs indeed (13 on the regular album, 3 bonus on the deluxe album and 3 extra bonus songs in the box set) and still no sign how to get Back in the Day.
That 13 songs versions seems to be the American one, released by Blue Note. Any other of the standard versions has 14 songs listed:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Down-Road-Wherever-Mark-Knopfler/dp/B07HGRCFSB
Drover's road is part of all the editions except the one listed in MK.com, which is a website made in CANADA so looks they are selling the CANADIAN standard cd.
the American one, released by Blue Note.
it wasn't hard to explain that special status when knowing them for bearing a grudge against Money For Nothing back in time. It's probably they are just not willing to risk it with the certain song, i mean who can tell whether the public out there would find the song appropriate or not ;DMK News now states in the lyrics section that Drover's Road is on the deluxe cd and deluxe LP box only.
MK.com has it as nr.20 bonus song now.
So 20 songs indeed (13 on the regular album, 3 bonus on the deluxe album and 3 extra bonus songs in the box set) and still no sign how to get Back in the Day.
That 13 songs versions seems to be the American one, released by Blue Note. Any other of the standard versions has 14 songs listed:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Down-Road-Wherever-Mark-Knopfler/dp/B07HGRCFSB
Drover's road is part of all the editions except the one listed in MK.com, which is a website made in CANADA so looks they are selling the CANADIAN standard cd.
Checked that too. Indeed looks that way.
I am currently writing on my blog an article about Ry Cooder who is coming to Paris/Olympia in two weeks.Hehe!
I want to include music/video, and of course I searched for Paris Texas on YouTube.
In my article, I talk about landscapes and the fact that this music is typical for retrancribe the feeling you have when seing these american landscapes
On YouTube, I just typed "Ry cooder Paris texas", and look at the first video I got. Nice pic isn't it ? ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6ymVaq3Fqk
What I miss in the DTRW album cover is a little twist to break up the cliché. Privateering had a bus instead of a pirate ship. Sailing to Philadelphia had an airplane instead of a ship. Shangri-La had a slot machine instead of, say, a paradise island. You know what I mean? DTRW just shows what it says. It's kind of stating the obvious. Not ugly like Golden Heart, but dull.
I am currently writing on my blog an article about Ry Cooder who is coming to Paris/Olympia in two weeks.
I want to include music/video, and of course I searched for Paris Texas on YouTube.
In my article, I talk about landscapes and the fact that this music is typical for retrancribe the feeling you have when seing these american landscapes
On YouTube, I just typed "Ry cooder Paris texas", and look at the first video I got. Nice pic isn't it ? ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6ymVaq3Fqk
What I miss in the DTRW album cover is a little twist to break up the cliché. Privateering had a bus instead of a pirate ship. Sailing to Philadelphia had an airplane instead of a ship. Shangri-La had a slot machine instead of, say, a paradise island. You know what I mean? DTRW just shows what it says. It's kind of stating the obvious. Not ugly like Golden Heart, but dull.
Fully agree
What I miss in the DTRW album cover is a little twist to break up the cliché. Privateering had a bus instead of a pirate ship. Sailing to Philadelphia had an airplane instead of a ship. Shangri-La had a slot machine instead of, say, a paradise island. You know what I mean? DTRW just shows what it says. It's kind of stating the obvious. Not ugly like Golden Heart, but dull.
Fully agree
Now if only we had a working album leak we could agree on, jbaent! ;)
The zip is still fake railking I promise.....lol
Really surprised actually that it hasn't leaked it yet.
The zip is still fake railking I promise.....lol
Really surprised actually that it hasn't leaked it yet.
Eric Clapton Xmas record got leaked yesterday. And it was released today...
So if it happens the same with MK record... Who cares about a leak?
On Amazon Canada it says the release date is November 2nd, I’m ordering it now...
On Amazon Canada it says the release date is November 2nd, I’m ordering it now...
If they release it that day already, I might try to buy a digital copy...
What does a discount code look like ?
I just checked an email I got from MK News signed “TK”, and next to his initial there is what looks like a code, numbers only. Any idea?
On Amazon Canada it says the release date is November 2nd, I’m ordering it now...
On Amazon Canada it says the release date is November 2nd, I’m ordering it now...
I ordered the box set a couple of weeks ago at $107.97 cnd (free shipping) its a good buy, especially when you look at the UK it's 96.99 pounds
and $129.67 cnd on markknofpler.com
Brian
Do we already know the track length of the 3 bonus tracks?
Do we already know the track length of the 3 bonus tracks?
Heavy Up 6:00
Every Heart in the Room 4:30
Rear View Mirror 2:29
Times for all tracks are on iTunes.
Do we already know the track length of the 3 bonus tracks?
Heavy Up 6:00
Every Heart in the Room 4:30
Rear View Mirror 2:29
Times for all tracks are on iTunes.
I mean these 3 bonus tracks of the boxset, Heavy Up is no bonus track.
17.Don’t Suck Me In
18.Sky And Water
19.Pale Imitation
Do we have any info about these special bonuses whether they are available for download or if it's on LP only?
Mark Knopfler gleams with pride as he shows me around British Grove Studios in a quiet corner of Chiswick in London. In the control room, alongside the main state-of-the-art desk, there are three vintage consoles, one of which was used to record Band on the Run by Wings, lovingly maintained so they’re still in operation. Across the glass in the live room, a studio hand is tidying away the set-up for a film score recorded here, so there’s still a digital counter that keeps time to an nth of a second, rows of comfy-looking headphones for the orchestra, and leads, wires and pre-war microphones restored to great nick, because, according to Knopfler, no microphone records strings better.Very much liked this interview, thnx!
“The padding can be flipped around too,” he says, pointing up to sound pads that line the walls. “You’d want the soft side if you were recording Frank Sinatra, or you can turn them around and have a hard sound if you want to rock out.”
If anyone knows how to make a versatile recording space, it’s Knopfler: a self-taught guitarist who went from his childhood home in Newcastle to front Dire Straits, one of the most successful rock bands in British history, before entering a prolific and varied career involve critically acclaimed solo albums, collaboration albums, film scores, writing songs like Tina Turner’s Private Dancer, and a spot of producing if the likes of Bob Dylan or Van Morrison need his magic touch.
Even now, his appetite to learn is apparent. As we move into the second studio, all quality wood and soft lighting, he explains how he’s looking for a jazz guitar tutor to expand his breadth, as if he wasn’t regularly voted one of the greatest guitarists of all time. (“I play like a plumber,” he remarks.)
Speaking with such humility, in a comfortable grey jumper and hair silvery and shorn, you’d never guess he was the same person as the sweatbanded rock star showboating in the Money for Nothing video (the first song played on MTV Europe), nor the same person who this year’s Sunday Times Rich List valued at €80 million.
Not that money matters. Truly, it takes an unblemished soul to refuse continual requests to reform Dire Straits for lucrative sums since their split in 1995.
Formed 18 years previously as an evolution of his former pub band the Café Racers, the group immediately grew interest; the enduring Sultans of Swing was their first release, and they followed it with surprise (Romeo and Juliet) after surprise (Private Investigations, Britain’s most unlikely-sounding number two single).
Then Brothers in Arms happened. With tracks like Money for Nothing and Walk of Life offering no respite from their ubiquity, it eventually racked up sales of 30 million – the same as Nirvana’s Nevermind, to put it in context. If anyone in Europe or US hadn’t heard of them, that changed with Brothers in Arms.
But just one album later, and Mark Knopfler stepped away from the behemoth, preferring to concentrate on his more creatively satisfying solo career.
“I’ve been offered enormous amounts of money to do all that Dire Straits stuff,” he says. “I don’t know how much – I’m not interested in that and I never have been. I’m quite proud of the fact that I’ve never done anything for money, and I’m not starting now. The exception would be if there was an absolute crisis with the studio, if I couldn’t run the ship the way I like to. Otherwise, it’s just a load of old exhaust to me.”
If his Dire Straits heyday is behind him, more exciting is his new release, Down the Road Wherever, recorded in these very studios. His ninth solo album and one which showcases his rootsy rock delivered with the Knopfler coolness, it features the upbeat lead track Good on You Son, plus the intriguingly titled My Bacon Roll.
It turns out the roll represents the disenfranchised part of society that longs for the past.
“The song is basically a Brexit Man in a café,” he explains. “To me, he is a man out of his time. He says: ‘I used to love a bit of folding, just for getting by, a wad of cash, now that’s out of date, and so am I’. Because now people would buy coffee with their card. That’s the modern way. Who carries around a wad of cash anymore? But it’s like being nostalgic for a time before food containers. It’s not something you can stop.”
Elsewhere, Back on the Dance Floor features Imelda May, the latest in a long line of Irish musicians with whom Knopfler has collaborated. He helped Phil Lynott out on his solo albums, and included an Irish contingent of Paul Brady, Dónal Lunny, Máirtín O’Connor, Liam O’Flynn and Seán Keane in his own solo album Golden Heart (Brady and O’Flynn previously played on Mark’s soundtrack for the Irish drama Cal).
“My old friend Paul Brady helped put an outfit of heavyweight, great musicians on Golden Heart,” he says. “That helped me make friends with so many great players. It was a tremendous quartet that I took around with the band. If you love Celtic music, then you feel part-Irish as a musician. Musicians kind of understand it.
“Ireland is full of memories for me. Obviously playing there with Dire Straits was amazing. When we eventually got there, the audiences were manic,” he says, referring to their five-night run in Dublin in 1991, eight years after they last appeared in Ireland.
“I can still remember playing the intro to Romeo and Juliet at the Point, and as I walked up to the mic, before I could sing, someone yelled, ‘A lovestruck Romeo!’ and everybody roared with laughter. The whole place collapsed. I had to laugh, everybody laughed. We had good times there.”
He’ll be returning to the updated version of the same venue when he tours the album next year. But now 69, he’s limiting his time on the road, and he warns it may well grind to a halt after the tour.
“I have more days off on the road now than I used to,” he says. “I used to play six nights a week, but you get to an age where it’s too much strain, so I do three in a row now, and then a night off, as befits an ageing performer.
“I think touring will be the first casualty. I’ll have to stop, like Paul Simon has just stopped. You can understand it, because it takes a lot out of you. So I’ll go on writing, I’ll go on recording if I can, and then maybe just do the odd show.”
Does that mean the 2019 dates will be his last proper tour?
“It might very well be. It will be funny to say goodbye to it, because it’s always been the end of the cycle. But I won’t think about it. I’ll just make a record like I’ve always made, and then when it comes to talking about the tour, I just won’t talk about it.”
Coming off the road is inevitable unless you’re Bob Dylan; a more curious trend among his peers is to approve a biopic. The newly-released Bohemian Rhapsody tells the story of Queen, while Elton John’s biopic Rocketman is due to appear in cinemas at the end of May next year. But not one to revisit past territory, we won’t see a Mark Knopfler-approved Dire Straits biopic any time soon. Even though it’s begging to be titled Walk of Life.
“I’m not very good at nostalgia – that’s my point with My Bacon Roll,” he says. “I don’t like going back to old school reunions. I’m more interested in now.” That might explain why he was notably absent as Dire Straits were inducted into the Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame in April. In the end, former members John Illsley, Alan Clark and Guy Fletcher represented the band. Mark’s brother David Knopfler retracted his attendance when the organisers retracted their offer to cover his travel expenses.
“I can well understand that with only $5 million a year in sponsorships and 100k a table and no fees for the artist that paying my taxi to the airport must have given them heart murmurs,” David wrote on Facebook. The organisers made Dire Straits the first act to be inducted without an induction speech or commemorative performance. Ouch.
Asked to shed light on his absence at an event that prompted the Police, Led Zeppelin and Talking Heads to semi-reunite, he shrugs his shoulders as calm as ever.
“It doesn’t interest me very much,” he says. “And I don’t like being told what to do. They called Paul Crockard [his longtime manager] first. We have the same detectors, and I could tell he wasn’t happy. I think he felt they were dictating the details of how it would run, who should be there, when we should go, how much press to do.
“At that time, I was trying to ride two horses at once: I was writing a musical for Local Hero and trying to make this album, I had plenty to be doing, so it didn’t interest me.
“Also, the name puts me off. Fame is a by-product of success to me. I like that success has enabled me to build this studio, but I don’t know that fame has ever done anything good.”
Aside from touring, Local Hero, the musical, is Knopfler’s main project for 2019. Based on Bill Forsyth’s 1983 film for which he wrote the Bafta-nominated soundtrack, it finally opens at the Royal Lyceum in Edinburgh next March for an initial run.
Knopfler, who was born in Glasgow, says: “I didn’t think I would ever do a musical because I’m not a musical type of a person. I don’t normally get excited about them and it’s not usually my style. But I love the story of Local Hero – it still makes me emotional, and I found I could write songs for the characters.”
So while he may be winding down touring activity soon, with his mental dexterity still evident in his new output – and imminent music lessons – expect to hear new projects from Knopfler in years to come. Just don’t expect a Dire Straits reunion.
MK.com still shows the basic CD edition as 13-tracks without Drovers' Road while all selling websites as 14,
which one is correct ?
I'd like to have it at the first post but it says I exceeded the maximum length...
I'd like to have it at the first post but it says I exceeded the maximum length...
Fixed
I got it with one day of delay.
Looks like in a certain point the run out of boxes and had to wait to receive more.
jbanik is jbaent's wife ?
jbanik is jbaent's wife ?
Hello,
I have purchased the Limited box edition of Down the road wherever from Amazon. But I don't have received any "download code for the album" that should be included according to the the contains. Anyone has the same problem? Where I can claim it? Or should I return it to Amazon?
Thanks!
Thanks for the information. I have emailed to "help@markknopfler.com" asking for it. Otherwise I would return it to Amazon.
Does anyone know if the extra tracks (Pale Imitation, Don't suck me in, Sky and Water, Back in the day) are in the digital download?
Thanks!
Hello,
I have purchased the Limited box edition of Down the road wherever from Amazon. But I don't have received any "download code for the album" that should be included according to the the contains. Anyone has the same problem? Where I can claim it? Or should I return it to Amazon?
Thanks!
Hello,
I have purchased the Limited box edition of Down the road wherever from Amazon. But I don't have received any "download code for the album" that should be included according to the the contains. Anyone has the same problem? Where I can claim it? Or should I return it to Amazon?
Thanks!
Someone said their code was inside the sleeve of the vinyl. Could be hiding in there.Yes it was inside.
This thread is for information about the record, not about if anyone has received it etc, there are other threads for that.
Just recall that there is a track with a registered number at iswc-net before "My bacon roll" called "MOVING UP" with iswc numer T-925.653.523-6
Just recall that there is a track with a registered number at iswc-net before "My bacon roll" called "MOVING UP" with iswc numer T-925.653.523-6
Too bad it didn't make it, do you want to ask Guy about it ? lol not sure right